India'sstartups have a good beginning but will they survive competition is a big questions which needs immediate attention.
Harassment, corruption and the burden of compound interest for years are also the reasons.
Business reacted with caution to the reforms of 1991, and demanded protection from multinationals and imports. Twenty-five years later, traces of that demand can still be found, reports Bhupesh Bhandari.
The 39-year-old, the fifth child of an illiterate labourer couple and only the second of their eight to be educated, now helms various ventures that bring in a turnover of between Rs 75 crore and Rs 90 crore.
I-T lens on current account deposits over Rs 12.5 lakh. All the news and more post demonetisation.
Besides a great idea, it takes pluck, and some luck, to get going.
Drones are being sold by e-retailers like Flipkart and Snapdeal for less than Rs 40,000 apiece.
And then came the chief moment of Friday. If the courtroom had a soundtrack, Beethoven's 9th would be playing, providing a triumphant, dramatic prologue to the production of this last clip. A woman reporter was asking Mekhail about Sanjeev Khanna. He says clearly, without mincing words, emphatically: 'Never seen him. First time I am hearing his name.'
A former Maoist speaks to Shobha Warrier
In an interview with Shobha Warrier/Rediff.com, he talks about the economic policies of the Narendra Modi government and whether achche din is really coming.
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